Cecina, Tripolino Giannini, the oldest man in Italy, has turned 111

Tripolino Giannini, the longest-lived man in Italy, has accomplished 111 years old. Yesterday, at his home in Cecinacelebrated his birthday with his family, the deputy mayor Antonio Giuseppe Costantino, the municipal councilor Mauro Niccolini and the representatives of the area clubs of the National Association of Bersaglieri, since Tripolino is also the oldest bersagliere in Italy.

In addition to being the oldest in Italy, Tripolino Giannini is also the second longest-lived in Europe and the sixth in the world. Born on August 20, 1912 in Cecina, in the middle of the Giolitti era, a few months after the sinking of the Titanic, he has always lived in the Tuscan town, where he had a fruit and vegetable shop. A great sports enthusiast, in 1929 he finished fourth in the first Targa Cecina foot race, a race to which he has always been linked (he was the starter until a few years ago).

Giannini, also a fan of the Cecina football team, it has survived multiple epidemicsfrom Spanish to Covid, and has witnessed over a century of Italian history: it has experienced the drama of the First and Second World Wars, but also the rebirth, after voting in the 1946 constitutional referendum.

Its secret of longevity is light meals accompanied by a glass of wine, no smoking and little stress and the ability to live life every day as a gift.

If Tripolino Giannini is the longest-living man, the current dean of Italy is Domenica Ercolani: she is 113 years old, was born on July 3, 1910 and lives in Pesaro, in the Marche region